Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-02-03
BeRBERY AND NE,



fva, Harpei's Bazaar.
IT'S just bit of story, sir, that
don't sound much to strangers, but
I'd like to tel you aboutit. il you have
lime to listen, for they We allforgotten
Robbery down here, except me; they're
,oor folks, ,Fcu see, and things drift
out Of foIlls' heads when poverty
drifts IN.
Bobberyf Yes, sir, that was his
name. least-ways the name we gave
him down hire. As to a father or
mother, he never had any, I think;
never had any one in the wide world
"a belong to except our two selves,
Robbery and me. was the elder, two
long wears older than him; but then
was blind. you see, so the two years
didn't count so much, and Robbery
cot ahead Of NE otter ,ishe time when
10 1919 }ifeEppib sSpbsi Into foae
sIf.An4 &,bd Shh 1he6ut OF the
- not flat o,,,p,,,a .;r. ~
hofiu' MY - TT1- $50, sas A -.
given over tnat ana pocoery was al
xays such a l,ook lad to me that per.
babs 4 tfidh't miss So much alter all.
igfsw TO fancy things and make be-
lsye saw great deaf 'paiticuiariy
alter Robbery took TO working at his
trade. shoe black, sir; and sometimes,
-. hoca,,a accustomed 70 ha;,,,
sssu -. a..
alS!srs ss 'piaffTH4ITI "io III fT1nt
H6bbeiti 8F geldtbe money shat Ne
made.
Well, not nucb, perhaps, ,butenough
,osus txpsaild IRE Iirfle room wlehad
down ut KinEten 10 tsrsiagaiuss the
river. ONLY Bribery was an extrayas
can't LAD, hot In aisiiS, sir, We were al
swavs a soferiosa butiin oranaes. ~
They were almost his ruin, sir those
oranges. He use to come up stairs
bu. Eotleho Is sIael rs oranSes, and it
aiwaA mslaIme sharpsr to catch
hWu0UIk AN&Hk<Itfz@<[<l lC lL&cS 10 DlIIlrF
81 on the way up, Just 10 put me of.
he made o great deal OF me, did
Robbery. along of being hind, yoai
see. and SO did the neighbours; but. l
was rare proud ofhim. You don't
know what il is, sir, to sit alone in
tbe-dayksallydsy, vsEd then, qua SUI
A. ksnear Ia kAoE eaA OBJ, Here.
xe Tree aeairl Come down and feel
the sun set, and well count the cop.
pers." Ii would -snFdke you love any
one, sir, who had voice like that,
{ let alone. fellow Hzy BQbhefye 90,
PerhstE 9dta ssinit kaepeh TO he
in Kingston, SIR, last spring, when
the foods hid. risen and the land
wzs. nader asiiteP Fofn miles around.
Robbery had to.9waJies aillttls going
down TO his work, but he rather liked
It he said; and he used to tuek up his
trousers and call back to me and
Z 1aach as tine water crept around his
feet: and be sNid fosks ,wopdn,lt-yant
their bod 4 hlAc al <se feared, Dor the
xaterskuAm zssb6ff take of The polish.
used to sit ON the window-sill to
feel the sun, and ii Ilisf Ared Gerry hard
Icould hear The ripple-ripple of the
sha,lemSRfet Ut eSerF ktes that Bbbl
berytnAde.a aid it had a pleasant
ss 1 ssa nn /. t aal ont OF on gsa
ine.and it still kept rippling up against
oar walls the company feeling went
away and LETT me lonely, because it
lay for so very long between me and
Robbery.
We'll, once was siftingaione on the
xladow-sill and the day was very Qui-
Ct. So suiet that grew frightened at
last, and stretched out. my hands
across the sill to feel my way down.
klt something that made me shiver
and draw back out of the sunlight:
that made my whole dark life grow
suddenly beautiful and precious
thing: Itelt tie water ripping almost
us TO .she level of the sill. and was